Niloy Chatterjee
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Niloy Chatterjee (also known as Niloy Chakroborty,[1] and by his pen name Niloy Neel[2]), was a Bangladeshi secular blogger and atheist activist.[3][4] He was a popular blogger in the Bangladeshi atheist blogging community. He was an organizer of the Science and Rationalist Association Bangladesh, and received his master's degree in Philosophy from Dhaka University in 2013.[5] Niloy was a writer of the Mukto-Mona, a blogging platform for secularists and freethinkers,[6] and was associated with the Shahbag Movement.[7]
Murder
[change | change source]Chatterjee was killed on 7 August 2015. A group of about six men armed with machetes attacked him at his home in the Goran neighborhood of Dhaka, and hacked him to death. Police told that the attackers had tricked his wife to allow them into Chatterjee's home before killing him.[8][9] His best friend Sahedul Sahed said that Neel had previously reported to the police that he feared for his life, but no action had been taken. Ansarullah Al Islam Bangladesh, an Al Qaeda group, claimed responsibility for Niloy's killing.[10]
Investigation
[change | change source]The United Nations asked for a quick and fair investigation of the murder saying, "It is vital to ensure the identification of those responsible for this and the previous horrendous crimes, as well as those who may have masterminded the attacks."[11] Amnesty International condemned the killing and said that it was the "urgent duty (of the government) to make clear that no more attacks like this will be tolerated".[12] Other entities condemning the killing include the German Government,[13] Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina,[14] Human Rights Watch,[15] the Communist Party of Bangladesh, Gonojagoron Moncho, and other political parties of Bangladesh, both rightist and leftist.[16]
Responses
[change | change source]Writer Taslima Nasrin criticized the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, and her government saying, "Sheikh Hasina's government is morally culpable. I am squarely blaming the state for these massacres in installment. Its indifference and so-called inability to rein in the murderous Ansarullah brigade is solely predicated on the fear of being labelled atheists."[17]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Blogger hacked to death in Bangladesh, fourth this year". Reuters. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- ↑ Roy, Nilanjana S. "The hit list: Endangered bloggers of Bangladesh". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
- ↑ "Bangladesh blogger Niloy Neel hacked to death in Dhaka". BBC News. 2015-08-07. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
- ↑ "Secular blogger Niloy Neel hacked to death in Bangladesh". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
- ↑ "Niloy Neel, fourth secular blogger killed in Bangladesh this year". India Today. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
- ↑ Pokharel, Sugam; Smith-Spark, Laura (7 August 2015). "Bangladeshi blogger Niloy Neel hacked to death in latest attack". CNN. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
- ↑ "Un grupo yihadista reivindica el asesinato de un bloguero en Bangladesh". El Diario (in Spanish). EFE. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
- ↑ AFP (2015-08-07). "The wife (R) of murdered Bangladeshi blogger Niloy Chatterjee, who used the pen-name Niloy Neel, weeps at their home". ABC News. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
- ↑ "Blogger killed once again". The Daily Star. 8 August 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- ↑ Monideepa Banerjie (7 August 2015). "4th Secular Blogger Killed in Bangladesh in 6 Months". NDTV. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
- ↑ "Bangladesh: UN experts condemn killing of blogger Niloy Neel". scoop.co.nz. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- ↑ "Niloy murder: Amnesty calls for trial of killers". Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- ↑ "Germany condemns Niloy murder". Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 10 August 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
- ↑ "Bangladesh PM, Jamaat condemn blogger's murder". Business Standard. IANS. 8 August 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
- ↑ "Bangladesh: Stop Promoting Self-Censorship". Human Rights Watch. 11 August 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- ↑ "Moncho, rights bodies condemn Niloy murder". Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 14 August 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
- ↑ Nasreen, Taslima (8 August 2015). "Why I blame Sheikh Hasina for Niloy Neel's death". The Daily O. Retrieved 15 August 2015.